Combination cardboard box opener and spout



.June'll, 1935. J. T. COONEY A COMBINATION CARDBOARD BOX OPENER-AND SPOUT Filed March 21, 19:54

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Patented June 11, 1935 w it *zlii'u il'bo' I mmatures Qhitnemhn sex emcee AND srop'r Y I f6 Claims. ((51. 221-11 flilii'sinventidn is "a detached spoilt device *for application to, arid ieadyreiiiovalfrom, ii-card a d er -iw ll a td fir rece a l -i .6

An "object "is: to provide "a "spout jdev'ice .inco'rporating its own cutter wh e reby the {cardboard wall of a oontaine'r may 'beaccurately 'and 'cleanly incisedat any desired 1qcati-oir ontrie walljto rea -1 "an opening which will substantially conform, in "part of "its outline, to the spout forming element oi' theid'evice, and io'rn a flap liing- 'irig integrally at one of its sides on the wallso as to openand close at the cut opening, I I

A furtherpur'pose is to provide unitary means fdr detachabiy securing the spout unit in place On mdfi p- Another object is to pro v'id a spout device whose parts are so constructed and arranged and so efie'ctive as to makeya Keri and for a fie!) e i t Wil recei e -te t. nd P mi he te ted he b ta t b freely mesa ifi wh n, he 'ra s closed it will fit o close as to preclude ingress o'r dust and insects. V

dsi I he d ei h eh w l Se ve .1 5, 1 lit n bation f a finger to. r e the. ti i d l'aix, and, in addition, will servetofsto the flap in closed position in the plane piits wall;

Generally, it is an object to provide a combined opener and spout device of integral, rigid and substantial structure; which may be distributed gratuitously as an advertising novelty for use on divers containers of various kinds of contents, of dry state and capable of flowing through an aperture in the container.

An object is to provide a device of the kind here disclosed that is of simple and ready operation for cutting the wall; is of easy application to and removal from the produced Wall flap; and of low cost and long effective life.

The invention consists of certain advancements in this art as set forth in the ensuing disclosure and having, with the above, additional objects and advantages as hereinafter developed, and Whose construction, combination and details of means, and the manner of operation will be made manifest in the description of the herewith illustrative embodiment; it being understood that modifications, variations and adaptations may be resorted to within the scope, principle and spirit of the invention as it is more directly claimed hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a perspective of the detached device.

Figure 2 is a face elevation of the device ap- Jam eta-strata essay siesta f ,iiiILl J 11; ?.!'..'Li"l 1",; .51. IFL/ H I ii; ireo-1n cutting position on a wall of a carton,

ing the device applied cut flap, and in closed su e]? is afr ii t *d open to draw the oncealeds'poiit out to v in igth a :1 o v j flx When the spindle pressed into the walhW, Fig. 5, with the cutter 5 located at point P and pressed into the Wall, then if the device is turned 180 degrees clockwise a semi-circular kerf will be cut which is of the same radius as is the base line of the segment 5. Figs. 2 and 3 show the cutting position of -the device on the outer face of the wall W.

The device is-removed when the half-circle kerf is completed and the cutter 6 is used as a pry to lift up the semi-circular flap F so that it bends along the hinge line H, Fig. 5, and then the device is arranged with the semi-disc 2 fiat against the inner face of the flap, Fig. 4.

The part 2 has, at the middle of its arcuate. edge i, an inturned spur 8 doubled on itself at El and thence continued somewhat beyond the outer face of the part 2 and being bent outward at a right angle to form a finger lift H].

on the flap top the extension I will lap on the wall W when the flap F is closed, Fig. 4, and

stop its inward movement so that the kerf spacewill be practically obliterated and ingress of dust and insects precluded.

T0 open the spout the flap F is swung open by application of a finger under the lift 10 and as the flap is pulled up the segment comes forward to lap on and along the wall opening edge O.- t Outward movement of the flap and the spout thereon is limited by a suitable means such as a set of marginal prongs l2 bent outward in the base of the segment 5. Fig.7 shows a stop in the form of a slight, basall flange I3; I,

To facilitate spoon-full measuring, the spout opening can be out in the lower partof a wall of a container, as in Fig. 6.

The device is preferably made of sheet metal" cut, shaped and completed as an integral imand adapted to'be pressed into the said wall;

and to out a curved kerf and form a flap, about said axis when the handle part is rotated; said part provided with a segmental element complementary to the cut kerf to form a spout, and

, means cooperative with the handle part for clamping the spout segment to the cut flap.

"2. A combined carton flap cutter and pouring spout device including a handle forming member with apointed spindle to be punched into a carton wall to form an axis of rotation, a conoidal segment whose ends are fixed to the said handle part, and a cutter fixed on the segment in such relation to said spindle as to cut a kerf about-said spindle complementary to the curve of said segment and at the same time form a flap in thew'all, andsaid handle having means coacting therewith for detachably clamping the device onto the flap with the spout segment'on the inner side thereof.

3. A combined carton flap cutter and pouring spout device including a conoidal segment, a handle part with a pointed spindle to be punched into a wall of a carton to form an axis of rotation for the device, a cutter fixed to the segment and adapted when the handle is turned to out a kerf complementary to the segment and form a. wall flap'about said axis; a finger lift part. attached to the handle t'o'facilitate opening the spout to pouring position, and means coacting with the handle for attaching the device a to the flap withthe. segment on the inner side thereof.

4. A combined carton flap cutter and pouring spout device including a segment of an annulus tary to the segment by rotation of the handle,

and means cooperating with "said handle part c for removably attaching the annulus to the inner I side oflthe flap.

5. Acutter and carton spout device having a body'with aspindleto be punched into a carton wall and form an axis of rotation, a conical segment fixed at its ends to said body, a cutter fixed to the body asto cut a kerf complementary'to the segment when the body is turned, and means for attaching the segment to the inner side of the cut flap in spout forming position as to' the opening made when the flap is pulled outward and including a finger overlapping and attached to the said body.

6. A cutter and carton spout device having a handle forming part with a spindle, a conical segment fixed at its ends to 'said part, a cutter fixed on the segment to out a kerf complementary to the segment when the cutter is turned about said spindle, means cooperating with the handle part for attaching the device to the out part of the Wall of a carton so that the segment will form a'spout at the opening when the wall part is pulled outward, and means to facilitate opening of the said wall part and to stop its closing movement.

JOHN THOMAS COONEY. 

